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Albert Hall Museum is a museum in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state of India. It is the oldest museum of the state and functions as the State museum of Rajasthan. Albert Hall Museum of Jaipur is also an attraction for tourists because of its attractive building design, constructed in year 1886 by Samuel Swinton Jacob. It is named after King Edward VII (Albert Edward), during whose visit to the city as the Prince of Wales, its foundation stone was laid on February 6, 1876.
Positioned amidst the gardens of Ram Niwas Bagh in Jaipur, Albert Hall museum has an assortment of rare articles on its display with a wide range of 19,000 objects were collected for the museum including pottery including textiles, carpets, paintings, metal and wood crafts, pottery, arms and weapons, flora and fauna of the state, toys, dolls and even an Egyptian mummy that belongs to the Ptolemaic Epoch.
The galleries on the ground floor depict the uniqueness of the dresses and jewellery of all the classes and tribes of Rajasthani people. One gallery has also been committed to the henna body art of Rajasthan, popularly called as 'Mehndi Mandana'. Its central gallery completely devoted to the Rajasthani music and dance forms.
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